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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: By Howard Stone, Minister of Castletown & Community Free Church

Last week it was cold! You probably came across reports that the temperature in Braemar on Wednesday was -23C, the lowest since 1995.

We sometimes hear of “fake news”, so how can we know the report is true? How can we be sure that what we saw on TV wasn’t filmed in a studio?

The simple answer is that we can’t. We would need to have been in Braemar that night, so we simply have to trust the BBC, the papers or the internet. The same report did come from a number of sources, and it was very cold here but, essentially, we just have to believe what we have been told.

The same is true for many other things in life. When the bus driver tells us the fare is £2.20, we believe him. When our neighbour says she was shopping at Lidl’s, we don’t need proof. We take her word for it.

Similarly, we cannot prove the stories in the Bible. We can’t go back in history and see Noah’s ark, or David’s triumph over Goliath, or Jesus’s crucifixion. God wants us to simply take him at his word. That’s what we do with others, so why not with God – who cannot lie?

Besides which, there is evidence that it’s true. Its description of mankind is accurate – people are capable of many good and noble achievements, but with an inclination to do evil. It also explains why the world is so lovely but spoiled by trouble and pain.

Whether the Braemar report was true or false will make no difference to your life, but believing that what God says is true, and that Jesus died for you and rose again, will transform your life – for ever.

The Bible is true. Do you believe it?


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